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spawner
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun spawner has 1 sense
- spawner(n = noun.animal) Array - a female fish at spawning time; Array is a kind of fish
Derived form verb spawn2
CIDE DICTIONARY
spawner, n.
- A mature female fish. [1913 Webster]"The barbel, for the preservation or their seed, both the spawner and the milter, cover their spawn with sand." [1913 Webster]
- Whatever produces spawn of any kind. [1913 Webster]
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